Repaired the tongue for a hunting guides ATV/UTV trailer. It had a custom made swivel built into the hitch end, so the trailer and ATV can roll without stressing the hitch. It sees pretty hard use, and was just worn out. Mainly due to him not being able to periodically tighten the 7/8"-9 nylok nut to keep the play at a minimum. So, when I made the new one, I drilled/tapped a 1/4"-20 hole on the sides so set bolts could be screwed in to trap the nut. Then the whole assembly becomes the wrench to tighten the nut. When they're backed out it's free to swivel again. He also wanted a duplicate solid version made to keep on hand for an emergency spare. The camp is a good hours bush flight away( no road access ), so failures are expensive out there. No McMaster-Carr deliveries there!
Good evening. Have had a subscription here since its inception. Just now noticed the community board. Our company fabricates aluminum gates and this platform really helped get technique and processes down.
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Jeffery Presbaugh
I lined this loader with chromium carbide plates when I was first starting out welding. It’s been running for some years now and still looks good. I’ll try and get a photo of it now. I had no idea how to weld quickly back here though lol. This bucket took me forever to finish.
Finished setting up the MM255, now that the spool gun finally arrived. While waiting for it, I added a cable trough off the side of the platform to keep the spool gun cables secure and out of the way. Also removed the entire storage shelf, and took it out to my buddies powder coat shop, and they shot it in satin black to match the black factory parts on the cart. Real happy with it. Aluminum on the left side, and steel on the right.
Rolling ring on a ready mix truck was cracking off. I ground it out then used a 6010 to dig through the contaminants/water inside the Chanel then capped it with 7018.
Here are some teeth in a large gear I had to weld up and grind back. The machine was timed to this position and was breaking the teeth out. I made a template and hand grinded the welds back down. It’s not perfect but they are still running this and this repair was 4 years ago.
Broken bolts in a manitou trailer forklift. I used to use a nickel 99 rod to get these out because it wouldn’t run into the threads easily but now I use 309 l stainless rods. They work a million times better.
Had to rebuild these screw augers for cement silo. Upsized the pipe to roughly 3/8 wall
Made a torch hand rest for the weld table. Started on a weld positioner kit, and figured the adjustable rest would be nice for the positioner, and using on the table in general. The positioner was meant to be driven by a drill motor, but not wild about that. So working on adapting a motor drive to it. Version one was a failure, not enough low speed torque. Searching for an alternative now.
